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Selected slides used with permission. Employee Vaccination and Patient Safety Training James Davis, BSN RN CCRN CIC. Situation. Health care worker (HCW) Influenza vaccination is sub-optimal. Less than 65% of HCWs get vaccinated annually. 1 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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© 2011 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
Selected slides used with permission
© 2011 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
© 2011 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
© 2011 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
© 2011 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
© 2011 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
© 2011 Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
Employee Vaccination and Patient Safety Training
James Davis, BSN RN CCRN CIC
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• Health care worker (HCW) Influenza vaccination is sub-optimal.
– Less than 65% of HCWs get vaccinated annually.1
• HCWs who are clinically or sub-clinically infected can transmit Influenza virus to other persons.2
• Low rates of HCW vaccination have been linked to hospital Influenza outbreaks.2
SituationSituation
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Influenza-associated death cause
< 19 years 19 – 64 years ≥ 65 years Total
Pneumonia 97 666 5546 6309
Respiratory & circulatory 124 2385 21098 23607
BackgroundBackground
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Distribution of Mortality
< 19 years 19 – 64 years ≥ 65 years
Pneumonia 1.5% 10.6% 87.9%
Respiratory & circulatory 0.5% 10.1% 89.4%
CDC Annual Estimates of Influenza-associated Deaths & Mortality 1976-20073
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• The highest percentage of people utilizing healthcare services are 65-84 years old.
• That is; the highest percentage of people coming in contact with HCWs, are 65-84 years old.
– HCWs are at risk for contracting Influenza from, and spreading Influenza to this vulnerable population.
• The highest distribution of mortality from Influenza-associated illness is in people ≥ 65 years old.
– Un-vaccinated HCWs can spread Influenza to patients and contribute to increased mortality.
AssessmentAssessment
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• High levels of HCW vaccination could have an impact on cost savings related to reduction of Medicare spending on respiratory conditions.
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Of the 221 Pa. nursing homes (NH) that responded to the survey:
•18 Pa. NHs have mandatory annual HCW vaccination programs in place.
Does a high level of HCW vaccination make a tangible difference in the reduction of respiratory tract infection and Influenza related illness (RTI/ILI) in Pa. nursing homes?
PA-PSRS 2010 Annual Survey Data5PA-PSRS 2010 Annual Survey Data5
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LTC Program RTI / ILI Rate5
95% LCL 95% UCL
Voluntary (n=203) 0.64 0.61 0.66
Mandatory (n=18) 0.50 0.44 0.57
• There is a statistically significant decrease in combined seasonal RTI/ILI rates in Pa. NHs that mandate HCW vaccination.5
• A review of the NH Influenza data derived from the PA-PSRS annual survey will be available in an upcoming issue of The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Advisory.
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• Mandatory HCW vaccination programs in Pa. NHs have shown a 21.1% decrease in combined seasonal RTI/ILI infection rates.5
• Crude patient mortality rates were 42% lower in facilities with higher staff vaccination rates.2
• Reducing transmission of Influenza from HCW to patients may reduce Influenza related patient deaths.2
• Protection of patients and HCWs through vaccination for Influenza may decrease Medicare spending on respiratory illness.
Should healthcare workers be vaccinated?Should healthcare workers be vaccinated?
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1. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Influenza vaccination coverage estimates and selected related results from a national internet panel survey of health care personnel, United States, November 2010 [cited 2011 May 13]. Available from Internet: http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/vaccination/BlackNovemberHCPsurveyResults.pdf
2. Pearson ML, Bridges CB, Harper SA. MMWR. Influenza vaccination of health-care personnel. Recommendations of the healthcare infection control advisory committee (HICPAC) and the advisory committee on immunization practices (ACIP). 2006 Feb. 24 [cited 2011 May 13]. Available from Internet: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5502a1.htm
3. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Estimates of deaths associated with seasonal influenza-United States 1976-2007. MMWR 2010;59:1057-1062.
4. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The national inpatient sample (NIS). 2008 [cited 2011 May 13]. Available from Internet: http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/factsandfigures/2008/TOC_2008.jsp
5. The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority. PA-PSRS 2010 annual survey. 2010. [unpublished results].
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